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The childhood of Charles Dickens (pt 2/6 - dramatisation)
Dramatisation about the childhood of Charles Dickens focusing upon his life in the city. Charles continues to find escape in books while his mother decides to open a school for the children of people working overseas. Charles longs to go to school, but debts and his sister's fees at the Royal College of Music make his aspiration impossible.
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